Peaks, Valleys and Plateaus…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under ...the writing life..., Musings
Between all of this I want to finish the rough draft of the novel I started writing during NaNoWriMo. Though having reached the 50,000 minimum, I still have to complete the middle and write the
Tags: character, craft, crevices, dilemma, ending, exercise, hiking, hills, master, MFA, middle, NaNoWriMo, novel, peaks, plateaus, protagonist, refine, rough draft, scenes, valleys, writing, writing class
Of Crevices, Cracks and Teflon…
Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays
Symbols deepen what we, as readers, come to know and experience with a character. But what makes us feel with and for her, or him [the protagonist]–cry with them, scream for them, die with them? What ultimately moves and transforms us, the reader, along with the central character of a story, or novel? Certainly obstacles [...]
Tags: antagonist, blemishes, body, central character, cracks, crevices, cry, feeling, fiction, flaws, humanity, limitations, mind, novel, obstacles, past failures, personality, points of identifcation, protagonist, readers, scream, spirit, story, strengths, symbol, Teflon, transforms, vulnerability
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